Smartphones

Talal

Never really been that bothered about mobiles before and have been living with a very unspectacular samsung jet for a few years now, but have decided to join the cool kids and get a smartphone. Just wondered about a few things... I've got a choice of cheaper 100mb of data or bit dearer 500mb. How much do these amounts get you? I'm not gonna be downloading much if anything, just browsing sites such as this one, twitter, ebay etc.

Also the phone I've got my eye on is the htc desire x, anyone got it and if so any good? Other options would be samsung galaxy ace 2 or sony xperia j but which is better?!
Cheers

siblers

Go for 500mb, I have a gig of data a month and I only used about 300 mb with a moderate amount of browsing. You can use wifi anyway at home/work, its only really when you are out and about you'd use it.

Danny Addick

100mb isn't that much I wouldn't go for that

O-Randy-Hunt

I've changed from the iphone to the Samsung galaxy s3. Best phone ive ever had.

Talal

O-Randy-Hunt said:

I've changed from the iphone to the Samsung galaxy s3. Best phone ive ever had.

While I'd love one of those I think I'm a bit more mid range/cheap tariff

carly burn

Gott teh original htd DS.ire. ttpying thus no%w.

Had no problems with it

;-)

O-Randy-Hunt

Mines £36 per month. Unlimited texts and minutes and 1gb plus I got 60 quid cash back.

Its on a 24month contract though

IdleHans

Mine's a dweeby little Samsung Galaxy Y on PAYG, which isnt flash but seems to do the basics including web pretty well.
Was about £60 inc £10 top up in carphone warehouse.

T mobile were doing unlimited surfing on PAYG at £20 for 6 months, which my kids use.

Talal

That's more than double what I'm looking to pay O-R-H.

£15.50 for 24 months, 200 mins, unlim texts and 500mb is best deal I've found so far that suits me.

MattD

O-Randy-Hunt said:

Mines £36 per month. Unlimited texts and minutes and 1gb

Its on a 24month contract though

My iPhone is the same contract as this, although I am getting mugged off for an extra 10er per month

O-Randy-Hunt

MattD said:

O-Randy-Hunt said:

Mines £36 per month. Unlimited texts and minutes and 1gb

Its on a 24month contract though

My iPhone is the same contract as this, although I am getting mugged off for an extra 10er per month

And the Samsung is 10x better

Crusty54

3 do pay as you go for £15 a month with 300 mins of calls and unlimited texts and data

SantaClaus

I just got an Xperia T on that contract (200mins, ultd texts, 500meg) for £15.50/month. The phone cost £20 up front and the cashback sites got me £35. Have a look on the O2 site. BTW it's a cracking phone.

SantaClaus

Sorry it was on the tesco mobile site.

http://phone-shop.tesco.com/mobile-phones-and-sim-cards/pay-monthly-phones/Sony-Xperia-T-Black-e8bea3c6-48b8-404d-8f5c-06463690601f

stonemuse

Htc desire is great

Talal

Am I right in thinking the battery life on smartphones is poor? I'm used to mine lasting 5 or 6 days, I know that's not going to happen anymore but don't want to be charging everyday.

siblers

Yeah, most of them need to be charged fully once every 2 days, sometimes once a day depending on use/

SantaClaus

Battery life is poor for all smart phones. If you're using it moderately the battery will last the day but a second day would be pushing it.

johnny73

Check out moneysupermarket for price comparisons. Very happy with my lg optimus hd 4x. Similar spec to samsung 3 for 17 pounds a month.

sam3110

Im waiting for the Sony Xperia Z, seems a decent bit of kit from Sony for a change.

Most of the slightly older smartphones can be picked up on a tiny contract nowadays

Hex

Check out the Virgin PAYG Big Data - £10 top up gets you 300 texts and unlimited data, £15 gets you unlimited text and data. There is also a Big Talk.

Dazzler21

Some of these are cracking deals

Talal

Thanks for the info everyone

Miserableoldgit

About time I joined the 21st century.

Got a Sony Ericsson 750i and feel so old, so am thinking of getting a Sony Xperia Tipo. Just want a basic phone, no frills.

Like to stay loyal to brands if possible, so will stick with T-mobile.

Phone under £100 on PAYG.

Anyone had good or bad experiences with Xperia ?

RedPanda

I've had a Sony Ericsson Xperia for 16 months, am presuming the Sony-only one is exactly the same.

It's decent and can do everything other Androids can. The phone memory can get low easily so you need to transfer stuff to the SD card and it can get a bit slow at times (maybe because of its age), but I haven't had genuine complaints. It's not considered 'cool' either, so you can probably get a decent deal.

Dazzler21

I hate the iPhone now had too many of these. Xperia z is my next target

Dazzler21

Miserableoldgit said:

About time I joined the 21st century.

Got a Sony Ericsson 750i and feel so old, so am thinking of getting a Sony Xperia Tipo. Just want a basic phone, no frills.

Like to stay loyal to brands if possible, so will stick with T-mobile.

Phone under £100 on PAYG.

Anyone had good or bad experiences with Xperia ?

Samsung Galaxy ACE is free on a £7.50 PCM contract (150 mins, 5000 texts and 500mb of data) with the car phone warehouse

Danepak

Have had an iPhone for 2 years and I jailbroke it, so I could customise it.
But since I got an Android (for work), my next private smart phone will definitely not be an iPhone.
I really can't see why an iPhone is better than an Android. Yes, a jailbroken iPhone is as good as an Android, but then you're not really supposed to jailbreak your iPhone...

ladywell_addick

Nexus 4... best value for money phone available. Pretty much the same specs as the s3 but about £150 cheaper. Also, as it's pure Android, it doesn't have all the Samsung rubbish on it.

EastStand

If you just want a PAYG not a contract go with giffgaff. I do £12 a month for unlimited data & texts and 250 minutes.

seth plum

Confused. Surely £12 a month is a contract, not PAYG?